How do I get my 2 year old to sleep all night?
Q. Well i have a 2 year old, well he will be 2 in June. And ever since he was born there have been maybe 3 or 4 nights where he actually slept all night. My husband has to work during the day so that means when my son gets up I am up. Then I drag all day.
Any tips on getting him to sleep all night??
Thanks!!
Any tips on getting him to sleep all night??
Thanks!!
A. If he takes a nap...DON'T skip it. Children need these naps. If you force him to stay up, he will be very intolerable. He'll fuss and possibly hit, throw tantrums and just behave in very "bad" ways. Let him nap. But, make sure he naps late morning...between breakfast and lunch time..depending when he wakes in the morning 10:30 is a good time. Let him sleep for no more than an hour. Give him lunch, playtime, and another short nap around 1. Again, not for anymore than an hour. He should be ready for bed around 8:30. If he wakes at night, go to him...but DO NOT play with him, don't even turn on a light...don't pick him up, don't get him a drink...do nothing but let him know that you are there...rub his back at most. All of these things are reasons that he wakes. Try running a fan in his room or a white noise machine (rainfall, ocean waves, etc). The continuous humming noise is soothing (think about a car ride..notice how well he falls asleep in the car?) It's going to take a few nights, even a week or so. But children at this age are routine based. That's what they understand and giving them this routine gives them security. And security gives you a good nights sleep. Be prepared to be cranky while you go through the transitions but in the long run it's well worth it.
If he is in a crib, now might be a good time to get him a toddler bed...that way he won't get hurt if he tries to climb out. Make sure the bed has a well fitted mattress and a side rail. Also get a baby gate for his bedroom door..so he doesn't fall down the stairs or get into anything dangerous. DO NOT bring him into bed with you...that's a habit that will take the next 6 years to break... (lol)
Good luck
OH....PS>>This is in response to the mom who gives it to her toddler....phenergan is a prescription drug prescribed for severe nausea and vomiting. It is usually prescribed for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Just a heads up! I think I would have done a little more research on a drug before giving it to my kid just because I couldn't figure out how to get him/her to stay asleep at night...it's part of life...being a parent...I don't suggest DRUGGING you child
check this out
http://www.drugs.com/phenergan.html
WARNINGS
PHENERGAN SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FATAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.
POSTMARKETING CASES OF RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, INCLUDING FATALITIES, HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH USE OF PHENERGAN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE. A WIDE RANGE OF WEIGHT-BASED DOSES OF PHENERGAN HAVE RESULTED IN RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION IN THESE PATIENTS.
CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN ADMINISTERING PHENERGAN TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 2 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSE OF PHENERGAN BE USED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 2 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AND CONCOMITANT ADMINISTRATION OF OTHER DRUGS WITH RESPIRATORY DEPRESSANT EFFECTS BE AVOIDED.
rxlist.com
If he is in a crib, now might be a good time to get him a toddler bed...that way he won't get hurt if he tries to climb out. Make sure the bed has a well fitted mattress and a side rail. Also get a baby gate for his bedroom door..so he doesn't fall down the stairs or get into anything dangerous. DO NOT bring him into bed with you...that's a habit that will take the next 6 years to break... (lol)
Good luck
OH....PS>>This is in response to the mom who gives it to her toddler....phenergan is a prescription drug prescribed for severe nausea and vomiting. It is usually prescribed for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Just a heads up! I think I would have done a little more research on a drug before giving it to my kid just because I couldn't figure out how to get him/her to stay asleep at night...it's part of life...being a parent...I don't suggest DRUGGING you child
check this out
http://www.drugs.com/phenergan.html
WARNINGS
PHENERGAN SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FATAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.
POSTMARKETING CASES OF RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, INCLUDING FATALITIES, HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH USE OF PHENERGAN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE. A WIDE RANGE OF WEIGHT-BASED DOSES OF PHENERGAN HAVE RESULTED IN RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION IN THESE PATIENTS.
CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN ADMINISTERING PHENERGAN TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 2 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSE OF PHENERGAN BE USED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 2 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AND CONCOMITANT ADMINISTRATION OF OTHER DRUGS WITH RESPIRATORY DEPRESSANT EFFECTS BE AVOIDED.
rxlist.com
What are some tips to a good night's sleep?
Q. I always can't sleep at night, so I end up turning in bed for a long time before finally dropping off. How can I sleep better and more soundly at night?
A. I have insomnia troubles, too, and below are the tips that have helped me the most. I'm also going to include a few sites which give more ideas. Certainly among all of these you will find something that works for you!
Avoid caffeine, especially after lunchtime.
Avoid sweets right before bed
Avoid exercising after 4 PM
Turn lights down low starting right after supper is over and continue to make it darker until bedtime.
Don't read or watch anything overly stimulating right before bed
No alcohol. You may think it makes sleep easier, but it actually ends up stimulating your brain and causes less effective sleep and middle-of-the-night wakefulness.
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/alerts/l/blnaa41.htm
If you must have a clock in your room, use one that has red numbers, the light from them won't be as likely to keep you awake
Make sure your bed is comfortable and your pillows in good shape (if you fold the pillow in half, it bounces back...if it doesn't bounce back, time for a new one)
Keep your room as dark as possible. Many places like Roses, Wal Mart, Target...have "Room Darkening Shades". You want the thickest ones they have -- most of the time they are called "Hotel Quality". You can put the shades up and still use curtains, if you want to have curtains on your windows.
Use a white noise maker. My alarm clock has a white noise maker as well as a radio. I avoid the radio because between talking and playing music, the many changes from one to the other keep me from resting, since it doesn't follow a pattern. If you prefer to use music to sleep, I recommend music by Mozart. His music tends to relax, since it has such regular patterns, and has even been linked to an improved thinking patterns.
http://parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html
Make sure your room is not too hot or too cool
Spend at least an hour outside every day during the sunny hours (use sunscreen if you have sensitive skin).
Pets not allowed in your room.
No computer activity an hour before bedtime.
And no TV. Seriously. The bright light and stimulation aren't good for inducing sleep.
Relaxation techniques
http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/peerh/stres...
http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.html...
Set up a sleep hygiene program/routine
http://www.umm.edu/sleep/sleep_hyg.html...
Any worries while you're trying to sleep? Write them down and deal with them tomorrow. That way, you're not thinking about the day you just had or the day that is coming. Once you write down the worries or thoughts that are keeping you from relaxing, give yourself 15 minutes to think about them. When it's been 15 minutes, tell yourself that the worries can wait until tomorrow and then try again to go to sleep.
Ringer on phone turned off.
If you need a nightlight to help navigate your way to the bathroom, make sure the light is red. (less stimulating than other colors)
Pray, if you are so inclined.
Have a pattern in your bedtime routine. Start the pattern tonight and follow it every night for a few weeks. Should help, too.
No kids in the bed with you.
Stop your spouse from snoring, if you're married.
Make sure you can breathe clearly before bed. Don't take any Sudafed or other related decongestant since they cause hyperactivity. Plain Robitussin Expectorant is OK. Sometimes an air filter helps you breathe at night if you have allergies. They have models now that would be just the right size for a bedroom at Wal-Mart and other stores. I got the Holmes filter with the "HEPA-type" replacement filters.
Make sure you drink enough water each day. (8-10 eight-ounce glasses a day) And try to avoid drinking a lot of water after supper.
Exercise regularly, preferably outdoors.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips...
http://www.sleephelpusa.com/habits.phtml...
Make sure you go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning.
As for foods or supplements that work:
1. warm milk, peanut butter and banana (you can either make a shake of all this, with 1 C warm milk, 1/2 of a banana and 1 Tablespoon peanut butter. Blend well.)
2. warm chamomile tea
3. a small baked potato with skin but with no protein (you can use anything on it as long as it doesn't have protein, so no chili or cheese on it)
4. a small sweet potato -- little bit of butter, and a dash of sugar and cinnamon
5. whole grain cereal, like quick oats (cooked)
6. Valerian root combined with Kava Kava (you may have to buy them separately)
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/valeria...
http://www.raysahelian.com/kava.html...
7. Melatonin (makes me depressed. If it makes you depressed, don't use it)
http://www.answers.com/topic/melatonin?c...
Avoid caffeine, especially after lunchtime.
Avoid sweets right before bed
Avoid exercising after 4 PM
Turn lights down low starting right after supper is over and continue to make it darker until bedtime.
Don't read or watch anything overly stimulating right before bed
No alcohol. You may think it makes sleep easier, but it actually ends up stimulating your brain and causes less effective sleep and middle-of-the-night wakefulness.
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/alerts/l/blnaa41.htm
If you must have a clock in your room, use one that has red numbers, the light from them won't be as likely to keep you awake
Make sure your bed is comfortable and your pillows in good shape (if you fold the pillow in half, it bounces back...if it doesn't bounce back, time for a new one)
Keep your room as dark as possible. Many places like Roses, Wal Mart, Target...have "Room Darkening Shades". You want the thickest ones they have -- most of the time they are called "Hotel Quality". You can put the shades up and still use curtains, if you want to have curtains on your windows.
Use a white noise maker. My alarm clock has a white noise maker as well as a radio. I avoid the radio because between talking and playing music, the many changes from one to the other keep me from resting, since it doesn't follow a pattern. If you prefer to use music to sleep, I recommend music by Mozart. His music tends to relax, since it has such regular patterns, and has even been linked to an improved thinking patterns.
http://parenting-baby.com/Parenting-Baby-Music-Research/Music-Research.html
Make sure your room is not too hot or too cool
Spend at least an hour outside every day during the sunny hours (use sunscreen if you have sensitive skin).
Pets not allowed in your room.
No computer activity an hour before bedtime.
And no TV. Seriously. The bright light and stimulation aren't good for inducing sleep.
Relaxation techniques
http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/peerh/stres...
http://www.umm.edu/sleep/relax_tech.html...
Set up a sleep hygiene program/routine
http://www.umm.edu/sleep/sleep_hyg.html...
Any worries while you're trying to sleep? Write them down and deal with them tomorrow. That way, you're not thinking about the day you just had or the day that is coming. Once you write down the worries or thoughts that are keeping you from relaxing, give yourself 15 minutes to think about them. When it's been 15 minutes, tell yourself that the worries can wait until tomorrow and then try again to go to sleep.
Ringer on phone turned off.
If you need a nightlight to help navigate your way to the bathroom, make sure the light is red. (less stimulating than other colors)
Pray, if you are so inclined.
Have a pattern in your bedtime routine. Start the pattern tonight and follow it every night for a few weeks. Should help, too.
No kids in the bed with you.
Stop your spouse from snoring, if you're married.
Make sure you can breathe clearly before bed. Don't take any Sudafed or other related decongestant since they cause hyperactivity. Plain Robitussin Expectorant is OK. Sometimes an air filter helps you breathe at night if you have allergies. They have models now that would be just the right size for a bedroom at Wal-Mart and other stores. I got the Holmes filter with the "HEPA-type" replacement filters.
Make sure you drink enough water each day. (8-10 eight-ounce glasses a day) And try to avoid drinking a lot of water after supper.
Exercise regularly, preferably outdoors.
http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips...
http://www.sleephelpusa.com/habits.phtml...
Make sure you go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning.
As for foods or supplements that work:
1. warm milk, peanut butter and banana (you can either make a shake of all this, with 1 C warm milk, 1/2 of a banana and 1 Tablespoon peanut butter. Blend well.)
2. warm chamomile tea
3. a small baked potato with skin but with no protein (you can use anything on it as long as it doesn't have protein, so no chili or cheese on it)
4. a small sweet potato -- little bit of butter, and a dash of sugar and cinnamon
5. whole grain cereal, like quick oats (cooked)
6. Valerian root combined with Kava Kava (you may have to buy them separately)
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/valeria...
http://www.raysahelian.com/kava.html...
7. Melatonin (makes me depressed. If it makes you depressed, don't use it)
http://www.answers.com/topic/melatonin?c...
What are dots of light floating in a darkened room?
Q. When 4 or 5 years old, I awoke, in the middle of the night, in an orphanage bedroom to see lots of dots of lights in a darkened room, floating around and lighting the room. The rest of the kids were sleeping. When I stood up in the crib, I spread the blanket to cover my bed. The light then moved as dots in waves across the room. What was that?
A. I don't know what caused that. All of us have experienced something like that once or twice in our lives. Often, we are misinterpreting something we are seeing because of floaters on our eyes or reflections coming from another room. At the age of 4 or 5, if that happened just once, you wouldn't have known how to investigate it. There is ball lightning, but I've only seen that outdoors. Perhaps someone in the physics section could come up with a theory.
C. :)!!
C. :)!!
How do I get my two kids to nap and sleep in the same room?
Q. I have two kids, 20mos and 6mos, and up until now they've both had their own rooms. We are downsizing to save money (1 income) and they are going to have to sleep in the same room. What can we do to make this as successful as possible? The 6mos child wakes up once in the night.
A. I think the only issue is whether your 20 mos old is a light sleeper or not. Because when he/she wakes up in the middle of the night, you'll have to go in and get her/him and put him/her back after nursing/bottle/diaper change... it might be too much for your 20 mos old.. unless he/she sleeps like a log and you know for sure wont hear a thing.
Why dont you put the 6 mos old baby in your room till he/she sleeps thru the night, and then move her/him into a shared bedroom.
Aside from that, maybe you could tell your oldest, that his/her sibling will be sharing the room, and putting some of the baby's stuff in there so as the older child gets used to the idea. It should be fine!
Why dont you put the 6 mos old baby in your room till he/she sleeps thru the night, and then move her/him into a shared bedroom.
Aside from that, maybe you could tell your oldest, that his/her sibling will be sharing the room, and putting some of the baby's stuff in there so as the older child gets used to the idea. It should be fine!
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